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PLAY RETRO 174: RoboCop Games
RoboCop. From the arcade sensation with its crunchy beat ‘em up action to the many home ports (some good, some… less so), RoboCop left a trail of jus…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 173: The Lost Vikings Duology
The Lost Vikings and its sequel star Erik, Baleog, and Olaf—sarcastic Norsemen solving puzzles through alien ships, pyramids, and futuristic worlds. …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 172: Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis
From Lucasfilm Games: the iconic Fate of Atlantis, in both its Graphic Adventure and lesser known Action Game forms, and the earlier Last Crusade ada…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 171: MechWarrior 1 & 2
This week we are exploring the early MechWarrior games on PC. Starting with the 1989 original and continuing with MechWarrior 2, these titles brought…
7 months ago
PLAY RETRO 170: Ridge Racer
Namco’s Ridge Racer series. Beginning with its 1993 arcade debut and stretching through its early PlayStation-era dominance, the series was defined b…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 169: Doom 1 & 2
Doom (1993) and Doom II (1994). Developed by id Software, these games introduced the fast-paced, visceral FPS gameplay that would shape the industry …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 168: Driver and Driver 2
Driver and Driver 2, the PlayStation titles that turned 1970s car chases into fully playable, open-world missions—well before “open world” was a buzz…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 167: Disney's Illusion Series
The Illusion platformers developed by Sega in the early to mid-1990s, built around original stories starring Mickey Mouse. While each game differs by…
8 months ago
PLAY RETRO 166: Drill Dozer
Let’s talk about ‘Drill Dozer’, the 2006 Game Boy Advance title from Game Freak that stars Jill and her drill-powered mech in a punchy, gear-driven p…
8 months, 1 week ago
PLAY RETRO 165: Thief
Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age, two of the most influential stealth games ever made. Developed by Looking Glass Studios, these i…
8 months, 3 weeks ago